The governor's noble guest
Subtitle: Hyacinthe de Bougainville's account of Port Jackson, 1825
By: translated and edited by Marc Serge Rivière.
Contributors: Rivière, Marc Serge.
Series: Miegunyah volumes ;; 2nd ser., no. 26; Miegunyah Press series ;; 2nd ser., no. 26.
Publisher: Miegunyah Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carlton South, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Bougainville, Hyancinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de, 1781-1846 -- Diaries.; France. Marine -- Officers -- Diaries.; Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel.; Natural history -- Australia -- New South Wales.; Port Jackson Region (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel.; Port Jackson Region (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs.; Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs.; Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History.; Australia -- History -- 1788-1851.
Genres: Diaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and index.
Translation of the private diaries kept by the Baron during his stay in New South Wales originally published in: Journal de la navigation autour du glode de "La Thétis" et "L'Espérance" pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826.